The Department of Agriculture is on the front lines of the climate crisis. Trump has appointed Sam Clovis as its chief scientist. But Clovis is a racist climate denier, not a scientist.

Clovis has an ugly history of racist and anti-science rants. In a 2011 blog post, Clovis called progressives “race traitors.” Just months before, he criticized Hurricane Katrina survivors, attributing their hardships to a “cultural” failure. Like Trump, he believes climate change is "junk science."

We can’t have a bush-league Rush Limbaugh leading the USDA’s science programs.

Add your name to call on all Senators: "Strongly oppose Sam Clovis's confirmation as the U.S. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics."

A climate denier and an outright racist — thinks progressives are ‘race traitors’ and is an inept junior league Rush Limbaugh without any real science background. He cannot be leading the USDA’s science programs unless we want to be soundly ridiculed throughout the civilized world.

Margaret signed
2017-11-01 10:41:22 -0700

Joseph Klimovitz signed
2017-11-01 10:30:00 -0700

arnold strang signed
2017-11-01 08:55:22 -0700

Linda Fay Sampson signed
2017-11-01 02:37:58 -0700

Salena signed
2017-11-01 00:19:32 -0700

First of all, Clovis is not qualified but his involvement with Russia even through a second party is treason!

Kathryn Albury signed
via Earl Koteen2017-10-31 21:14:31 -0700

We need an agricultural specialist in this position who understands the importance of agricultural practices in slowing climate change. Sam Clovis is not the scientist/leader needed here.